ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ | ᴍᴀʀᴋʜʏᴜᴄᴋ

ᴇʏᴇs ʟᴏᴄᴋᴇᴅ, ʜᴀɴᴅs ʟᴏᴄᴋᴇᴅ... sᴛʀɪɴɢs ʟᴏᴄᴋᴇᴅ

"Soulmate can you—" Mark let out a grunt, making Donghyuck pause and look at him with confusion. "What's wrong?"

"Stop calling me that." Mark mumbled, turning around in the bed so that his back was facing the younger.

"What?" Donghyuck asked, sitting up in bed and shuffling forward, placing his hands in Mark's arm and leaning closer to him. "Stop calling you what?*

"..." Marks words came out intelligible, and Donghyuck frowned even further, trying his best to get even closer to Mark in attempt to understand what he was saying. "Don't call me soulmate."

"Soulmate? Why not?" Donghyuck now sat up properly, tilting his head to the side because he just didn't understand why Mark didn't want to be called that. Mark decided to not reply, and instead huffed once again. Donghyuck eyed Mark shift uncomfortably on the bed, almost as if he was waiting for Donghyuck to continue questioning, but the younger didn't let him fulfil his wishes. 

Trailing his hand down Mark's arm, Donghyuck raised himself and jumped up, landing on Mark with a thud. The older yelped and tried pushing the younger away, a string of curses that Donghyuck had never heard him say before escaping his mouth. Donghyuck held himself up a little, giving Mark enough space to move around on the bed, so that his back was against the bed. 

"Markie." Donghyuck cooed, swinging his leg over Mark's waist and straddling him. "Why don't you wanna be called soulmate?"

"Its—" Mark closed his eyes, and Donghyuck tried his best to not laugh out loud. Watching Mark get so stressed over a single word was hilarious, and he looked so adorable. His eyes shut tightly, and his nose scrunched up. Opening one of his eyes, Mark stared up at Donghyuck with doe-eyes. "It's embarrassing…"

"Awh you baby." Donghyuck giggled, cupping Mark's cheeks and leaning forward. As if on instinct, Mark's eyes fluttered closed and Donghyuck had to chew down on his lip to stop himself from laughing. Just as Donghyuck's lips brushed against Mark's, a weird feeling stung through the younger, and he jerked back, looking up at the ceiling, before bringing his hands to his mouth and letting out a loud sneeze. 

Silence followed the sneeze.

A few seconds went by.

Awkward…

"Did you just sneeze before we could've even kissed?" Mark hissed, and Donghyuck burst into fits of laughter. "It's not as if you're allergic to me!... Are you?"

"Oh my god, no Markie." Donghyuck fell onto Marks chest, quickly crawling back up to his face and cupping his cheeks once again. "Sorry Markie…." Finally closing the gap between them, the two sighed as they lips touched. It had been 2 weeks since they had started dating, after a lot of awkward interactions, where they would get close to each other, about to kiss but then shy away on the last second.

Donghyuck liked kissing Mark. He liked the warmth that spread through him as Mark's lips pressed against his. He liked the way Mark made sure to go slow, taking his time to make Donghyuck feel special. He liked it when Mark would caress his cheek, as if he was so precious and delicate, almost as if he would break if Mark held him too tightly (he wouldn't, but Donghyuck enjoys the feeling). 

Donghyuck also likes it when Mark gets desperate sometimes. The first time he saw this was after their first kiss. He wrapped his arm around Donghyuck's waist, pulling him close enough to make their bodies flush together. His other hand ran through Donghyuck's hair, before dropping to his neck and massaging it. The soft noises Donghyuck let out were drowned out as Mark would swallow them down. 

Since both of them were inexperienced, Mark never kissing because he cared about his firsts, and Donghyuck never looking at anyone but Mark, it was important for both of them, to feel right. 

Donghyuck slipped a hand down Mark's shirt, pressing his warm hand against Mark's cold body, and smiling as the older squirmed under his touch.

"Okay okay, before we get excited, let me remind you that we have to meet up with the others in an hour." Mark said, pushing the younger away and pointing out the fact that they had managed to stay awake through the entire night (because of the movie they were watching, not because of their kiss). 

"Can't we just skip." Donghyuck whined, wrapping his arms around Mark and placing his head of the latter's chest. He continued his pleas, thrashing around the bed, until Mark finally spoke up.

"But we need socialising!" Mark protested, putting his hands on Donghyuck's waist and hugging him tightly. "I mean, you never even use your head, it's just for decoration."

"Hey!" Donghyuck pouted, but stopped his movement, choosing to cuddle into Mark's neck instead. The two stayed still for a while, their eyes closing despite the sun rising outside.

Other than Johnny and their parents, no one else knew about their relationship, mostly because ever since graduation everyone was busy applying at places and searching for accommodations, but also because they were too lazy to tell anyone about them. At first, Mark was eager to tell everyone, happily bugging Donghyuck about it continuously, and asking him when they could go out. But then when Donghyuck told him to calm down, so that they could recover those few months they missed out with each other, before telling the others, he stopped hyping it, and decided to stay on the down low with the younger.

"Hyuck?" Mark called out a few minutes later, brushing his hand through the younger's hair and humming along to something, although his eyes were dropping and he was on the verge of sleep, he wanted to talk to Donghyuck.

"Yeah?" Donghyuck answered, his voice coming out slurred and Mark felt a little guilty for perhaps waking the other up.

"I uh—love you." Mark said, feeling his face heaten up even though it wasn't a big deal, since they had been dating for a while and passed those few words to each other before, he still felt his heart beat fasten and palms get sweaty.

"I love you too Markie, now can I sleep?" Donghyuck mumbled, tightening his grip on Mark and whining when Mark scoffed loudly. 

"Fine, fine, you big baby."

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Thanks for reading.
The reason why Mark and Donghyuck's strings reconnected, was because the bond between them was too strong, preventing them to bond with anyone else. So when Mark and Donghyuck finally voiced their feelings, to both themselves and each other, their fate was finally confirmed and their string reconnected.
Hope it wasn't too confusing.